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MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE

EIN 23-7303693 KANSAS CITY, MO

Revenue 2024
$6,604,060
Expenses 2024
$11,033,203

Program services were 78.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A260
Classification
2000
Street
2018 BALTIMORE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Guided by the vision of "More Art for All People," Mid-America Arts Alliance partners with and supports artists, cultural organizations, and communities to expand access to the arts, culture, and creativity across the region and beyond.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To advance arts and culture that strengthen artists and cultural organizations.

  • Mid-America Arts Alliance (MAAA) tours arts and humanities exhibitions nationally through Exhibits USA. This program enables MAAA to create access to an array of arts and humanities experiences, nurture the understanding of diverse cultures and art forms, and encourage the expanding depth and breadth of cultural life in communities. In FY 2024, 28 exhibitions toured throughout 64 communities across 33 states.

    Expenses $1,247,025 · Revenue $596,041

  • MAAA supports regional artists and organizations through its grant programs: Artistic Innovations, The Regional Touring Program (RTP), Creative Forces and special projects. In FY 2024, MAAA provided 342 grants in support of artists and organizations, presenting public programs and related educational activities.

    Expenses $2,525,701 · Grants $1,952,266

  • MAAA provides professional development and community-based arts & health programs to support our constituents, partners, and staff. Engage provides training to arts and cultural organizations to operate effectively, manage resources strategically, and build long-term strength. Artist Inc., Interchange, Artists 360, and Catalyze provide training to individual artists to strengthen their business practices and peer networks. In FY 2024, MAAA provided professional development training to organizations and individuals from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

    Expenses $4,841,739 · Grants $1,570,051 · Revenue $149,394

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Holbrook Lawson

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Donovan

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Thoma

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Sabatini

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Billie Barnett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lona Barrick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Beshore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Brock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracie Chapman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jimmy Cunningham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stacey Dillon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Fergeson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Frazier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Garner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Gates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Gaudin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Gibbs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Garbo Hearne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shari Hofschire

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joan Horan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sylvester James

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monique Johnston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Keene

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy LeBaron

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Antzee Magruder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,604,060
    Expenses
    $11,033,203
    Contributions
    $5,348,522
    Grants paid
    $3,522,317
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,665,549
    Expenses
    $6,767,635
    Contributions
    $6,641,885
    Grants paid
    $1,690,554

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,873,119
    Expenses
    $7,282,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,444,344

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,710,818
    Expenses
    $6,372,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,899,964

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,153,865
    Expenses
    $4,974,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,898,335

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,043,913
    Expenses
    $4,563,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,432,216

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,019,819
    Expenses
    $4,224,706
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,926,759

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,074,617
    Expenses
    $4,266,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,075,012

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,313,971
    Expenses
    $3,790,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,317,254

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.